Improvement in tire-coolers



E. STODTMEISTER.

Tire Cooler. No. 98,204. Patented Dec. 21,1 69.

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EDWARD S'IODIMEISTER, OF CAPE GIRARDEA U, MISSOURI Letters Patent No. 98,204, dated December 21, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN 'IIRE-COOLBRS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom 'it may concern B it known that I, EDWARD STODTMEISTER, of the city and countyof Cape Girardeau, and State of Mis-' water, and is raised or immersed by means of a tlftOky consisting ofa series of inclined planes, and is held in position by a vertical pin or stud, sliding in a corresponding box; 'but my invention materially differs from all others in the wider limits of its play or motion, and in the peculiar arrangement of the wheels or rollers, and furthermore, in the size of the frame timber.

The devices already known and used have some 616-.

ficicncics, to wit, first, a too limited play, in consesequence-of which three or four-inch tires cannot be cooled; second, too higlnframe timber, which, acting like shovels, to throw the water out of the tube when the frame .is quickly turned; third, too much buoyancy; fourth, too weak standards, and too loose a connection of the wheels with the frame, rendering the whole apparatus rickety after the first few hammerblows, when the tire is put on the wheel.

In my device, the iron tube or box 0 is inserted in the centre of the tub'bottom, and extending at least five inches into the interior. It also protrudes five inches below the outer surface of the bottom, thereby allowing an eight-inch play, and yetleaving five inches of contact-surface between stud and tube. The height.

of the tube above the bottom of the tub also prevents the mud from gathering in the tube.

. The stud is made of iron, about one and three-quarters inch diameter, aml is firmly securedto the centre of the frame, and bears on its top the usual eye-bolt F.

The frame is made of three-inch square timber,

crosswise connected in the usual manner, but its top is heavily lined with iron, to increase its strength, and also the weight, thereby counteractingthe buoyancy,

To the same effect several holes 00 in the bot-tom of the frame-box M admit the water into the box.

The diminished vertical dimension of the frame tim her diminishes the resistance, and therefore prevents the spilling of the water. v

The tbursta'mlards D are attached to the extremity of the frame, and their vertical position is secured by the braces or supporters K, all made of iron.

The lower ends of the standards are forked, receivingbetwecn their legs the rollers or wheels d. This arrangement gives sufficient strength to the frame.

The top part, or culminating part of the inclines E,

which are also iron-lined, H, is circular-shaped, to corv respond with the periphery of the rollers, and presents a pointof rest, preventing the slipping back of the frame into the water while the wheel and tire are put on. Instead of afiat iron lining, round rails (alto placed upon the track, in which instance the rollers have a corresponding groove, as indicated in fig. 3;

The lever G is attachedto the frame as a means of moving the same.

Having thus fully described my invention, I do not claim the arrangement of a rotary frame upon wheels, in connection with inclinedtracks and an enclosing tub or vessel; but

What I do claim, is

1. The frame A, supported by standards D upon rollers 11-, and secured by braces K, when combined with the spindle B, step-tube G, the inclined rails E, and their rest-concavit-ies H, and arranged within the tub partially filled with water, substantially as set forth.

. 2. The step-tube 0, arranged with its upper edge to project above the tub-bottom, and its lower end extending below said bottom. substantially as set forth.

EDWARD STODTMEISTER.

Witnesses:

G. H. GRAMER, WM. HAUPT. 

